Lorenzo Palomo

Lorenzo Palomo (Ciudad Real, 1938) is a Spanish composer and conductor. He was chief conductor of the Valencia Symphony Orchestra, Spain, from 1973 to 1976 and conductor and pianist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1981 to 2004. Lorenzo Palomo resides in Berlin, Germany.
Biography
Soon after his birth in Ciudad Real in 1938, where his father was stationed during the Spanish Civil War, his mother returned with him to Pozoblanco, Spain where the family lived, and shortly afterwards they moved to Córdoba where the composer spent his youth.
Palomo studied piano and harmony at the Córdoba Conservatory and at the age of twenty he entered the Barcelona Superior Conservatory of Music, where he studied composition with Joaquín Zamacois and piano with Sofía Puche de Mendlewicz.
Works
Compositions
La leyenda del Monte Bangkay - Ballet
Del atardecer al alba - Song Cycle for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
Tientos - Song for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
Plenilunio - Song for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
Una primavera andaluza - Song Cycle for voice and piano / voice and orchestra
Nocturnos de Andalucía - Suite concertante for guitar and orchestra
FdB - Música para un festival - For orchestra
Andalusian Divertimento - Piano Trio
Concierto de Cienfuegos - For four guitars and orchestra
Cantos del alma - Suite-fantasy for soprano, clarinet and orchestra
Madrigal y Cinco canciones sefardíes - Song Cycle for voice and guitar / voice and piano / voice and harpe
Dulcinea - Cantata-Fantasy for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra
Danza-Scherzo - For oboe and piano
Sinfonía a Granada - For soprano, guitar and orchestra
Fanfarria para una noche de estío - For trombone quartet
Toccata - For guitar
Nocturno y Danza - For orchestra
Rebeka’s Rainbow - Song for voice and piano
Mi jardín solitario - Song Cycle for voice and guitar / voice and piano
Perlas y lágrimas - For guitar
Helianthus - For guitar
El amor de los dos ositos - Symphonic Fairy Tale for soprano, mezzo and orchestra
Pinceladas de primavera - Suite for two guitars
Fulgores - For violin, guitar and orchestra
The Sneetches (Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches) - Symphonic poem for narrator and orchestra / narrator and two pianos
Caribiana - For orchestra
Sinfonía Córdoba - For orchestra, including a short intervention of voice and guitar
Humoresca - For double bass and orchestra
Arabescos - For violin and orchestra
Fantasía sobre temas del folklore alemán - For violin and guitar
Escenas de una primavera alemana - Song cycle for voice and guitar
Aldonza y Alonso - For soprano, tenor, chorus and piano
El jardín de Baco - For violin and orchestra
Rumbalina - For clarinet and piano
Sendero mágico - Song cycle for voice and piano
Instrumental, choral and orchestral transcriptions
La Revoltosa, prelude (R. Chapí) - Transcription for four guitars
La Verbena de la Paloma, prelude (T. Bretón) - Transcription for four guitars
Bohemios, intermezzo (A. Vives) - Transcription for four guitars
Maruxa, intermezzo (A. Vives) - Transcription for four guitars
El anillo de hierro, intermezzo (P. M. Marqués) - Transcription for four guitars
Three Sonatas of Padre Antonio Soler - Transcription for two guitars
Latino - Chorus and orchestrations of melodies from Spain and South America
Canciones del mundo - Chorus and orchestrations of melodies of the world
Recordings
Andalusian Nocturnes (Nocturnos de Andalucía) - for guitar and orchestra
Spanish Songs (Canciones Españolas) - for voice and orchestra
Cantos del alma (Songs of the Soul) - for soprano, clarinet and orchestra
Sinfonía a Granada (Granada Symphony) - for soprano, guitar and orchestra
Dulcinea - for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra
My Secluded Garden - for voice and guitar
Madrigal y Cinco canciones sefardíes - for voice and guitar
Concierto de Cienfuegos - for guitar quartet and orchestra
Sinfonía Córdoba - for guitar and orchestra, including a short intervention of voice and guitar
Fulgores - for violin, guitar and orchestra
Arabescos - for violin and orchestra
Caribiana - for orchestra
Humoresca - for double bass and orchestra
Dr. Seuss’ The Sneetches - for narrator and orchestra
Honours
In 2010 Lorenzo Palomo was knighted into the Order of Isabel la Católica by His Majesty, King Juan Carlos I of Spain for his work disseminating the name of Spain worldwide through his music.
References
1938 births
Spanish composers
Spanish male composers
Living people